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A child wanders in the refugee camp of Assaga, near Diffa, Niger. More than 135 displacement sites have been noted along the border with Nigeria, where Boko Haram has increasingly committed acts of violence. (Photo by UNICEF/Sylvain Cherkaoui) Photo used under CC BY

Boko Haram attacks force more to flee Niger region

People living in the region of Diffa in Niger continue to be affected by insecurity related to activities by the terrorist group Boko Haram around Lake Chad, according to reports by the United Nations relief wing.

UN News Center

In Malawi, albinos are hunted for their bones

Albinos are being hunted like animals in Malawi, a landlocked African country, where their bones are sold in the belief the body parts bring wealth, happiness and good luck.

CNN

New limbs, new hope for hunted albinos

CBS News

Fallujah fighting escalates humanitarian crisis

Almost 10,000 people have fled escalating violence in the Iraqi region of Anbar in the past 10 days. An estimated 50,000 people remain trapped in the city as the military offensive continues.

Asharq al-Awsat

Battle to take back Fallujah traps 50,000 civilians

CBS News

Ramadan spotlights Syrians’ poverty, despair

Spiraling poverty and debt among refugees and food shortages inside Syria make it harder than ever to put food on the table during the Muslim holy month.

UNHCR

Clinton clinches Democratic nomination

Clinton is first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major US political party, capturing commitments from the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.

Associated Press

Ryan rips Trump’s judge comments as racist

Paul Ryan rebuked Trump’s suggestions that a judge may be biased against him because of his Mexican Heritage. But Ryan, who endorsed Trump last week, said he still supports him.

USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Philippines president-elect OKs vigilantism

Rodrigo Duterte said he supports vigilantism in a nationally televised speech. Faced with criminals who resist arrest or threaten citizens, the politician suggested that it was fine for citizens to take the law into their own hands.

CNN

Tough-talking Duterte, popular and polarizing

CNN

Canada’s rights outcry threatens ties to China

China’s ambassador in Ottawa is urging Canadians not to be “blinded” by their differences with his country and miss the opportunity to achieve a possible free-trade deal.

Globe and Mail

ANIMAL RIGHTS

No charges filed in Cincinnati zoo case

No charges will be filed against the parents of a 3-year-old boy who crawled over a barrier at the Cincinnati Zoo and fell into an enclosure with a 450-pound gorilla named Harambe, which led to Harambe’s death.

ABC News

Tiger temple scandal exposes shadowy trade

After a decade of allegations of cruelty, illegal wildlife trafficking and breeding, Thai officials descended on a renowned tiger temple to expose trade in tiger parts that threatens the few remaining tigers in the wild.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Corruption soils Afghanistan’s blue treasure

Afghanistan ranks a woeful 166th out of 168 countries in graft and crooked dealing.There is no better evidence of how deep corruption goes than the fate of an Afghan treasure, the gemstone lapis lazuli.

BBC

Illegal mining of lapis lazuli fuels Taliban’s rise in Afghan province

Guardian

GOP to Trump: Stop alienating Latinos

Top Republican officials and donors are increasingly worried about the threat Donald Trump‘s attack on a judge’s Mexican heritage could pose to their party’s chances in presidential elections for years to come.

CNN

US-backed Syrian force closes on ISIS-held city

US backed Syrian fighters have surrounded the ISIS-held city of Manbij from three sides as they press a major new offensive against the jihadists near the Turkish border.

Reuters

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Israel destroying Palestine aid projects

A surge in Israel‘s destruction of EU-funded projects in Palestine is linked to the EU’s decision in 2015 to label products made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to a new report.

Al Jazeera

Struggling Lauren tries to fashion a comeback

When he sat down for dinner at Sette Mezzo on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Ralph Lauren had been deliberating for months over what to do about his faltering business.

MSN Money

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

First private flight to moon to be approved

Soon, the U.S. government may do something it’s never done before: Approve a private company to go to the moon.

AOL News

Gene editing technique could transform future

Pronounced “crisper,” it is a biological system for altering DNA. The technology has the potential to change the lives of everyone and everything on the planet.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (John Cassidy):

The media called the Democratic race a day early

The New Yorker

Column (Josh Voorhees):

Ryan is appalled by Trump’s racist judge comments but supports him anyway

Slate

Blog (Earl Ofari Hutchinson):

Why millions would back a gorilla’s life over Black Lives Matter

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Studies show low risk of Zika at Olympics

New research attempting to calculate the risk of the Zika virus at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may reassure many of the more than 500,000 athletes and fans expected to travel to the epicenter of the epidemic.

NBCNews.com

Comic’s group buys $14M in medical debt

John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight, set up an organization called Central Asset Recovery Professionals and bought nearly $15M of medical debt from over 9,000 people.

Time

NGO AND NONPROFIT

India leader urged to defend property laws

A group of civil society organizations has urged India Prime Minister to resist “pressure from the US and the pharmaceutical multinationals based there to amend India’s Intellectual Property Rights laws.”

The Hindu

Nonprofit hospital forgives debts

An investigation into the legal actions taken by nonprofit hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., Heartland Regional Medical Center, against low-income patients has prompted debt forgiveness.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Norway to ban gas-powered cars by 2025

Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports.

The Independent

Antarctic ice shelf collapse started in ’60s

The biggest ice shelf collapse on record was set in motion years earlier than previously thought. Analyzing declassified images from spy satellites, researchers discovered that the downhill flow of ice was as early as the 60s.

ScienceNews

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Soccer Aid 2016 raises nearly $8M for UNICEF

A crowd of nearly 70,000 turned out to Manchester United’s Old Trafford this evening to witness England defeat Rest of the World, raising more than $7M for UNICEF’s programs in the process.

unicef.org.uk

Gates names new director of K-12 philanthropy

Robert Hughes recently took the helm of the K-12 funding program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — at a time when the world’s largest funder looks to be in some rough waters.

Inside Philanthropy

Foldable huts may transform refugee camps

Thousands of people displaced by war or natural disaster may soon be relying on a foldable hut invented by two South Australian entrepreneurs.

Sydney Morning Herald

Animated demonstration of refugee village erection

Humanihut

Photo of the Day

The Humanihut provides temporary housing for people fleeing natural disaster, violence or persecution. The system provides resources customized to meet the environmental, economic and cultural needs of the community. (Photo by Humanihut) Photo used under CC BY

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